Maci Bookout Defends Spanking Son Bentley After Being Maci Premiere

After the premiere of her Teen Mom spin-off show, Being Maci, on MTV Aug. 18, Maci Bookout defended (via Twitter) her decision to spank son Bentley, 5.Credit: MTV

Being Maci Bookoutisn't always easy. After the Sunday, Aug. 18 premiere of her MTV spin-off special, Being Maci, the former Teen Mom star faced some criticism from viewers for spanking her 5-year-old son, Bentley, on the show.

During the one-hour MTV special about her life after Teen Mom, Bookout was shown struggling to juggle school, work and parenting Bentley with ex-fiance Ryan Edwards. In one scene, Bookout and her roommates treated Bentley to bowling after picking him up from school. But the tiny tot threw a fit over having to take turns, so Bookout excused herself to the bathroom with him and allegedly gave him a spanking that was not shown on camera.